How to plan a trip with friends: 7 tips to make traveling with friends easier!
If you've not been able to go beyond Lonavala, Agra, Dandeli or Mahabalipuram with your friends, then these tips are for you!
Planning with friends is usually the toughest kind of trip planning. Whether you’re right out of school/college or you’re a working professional, getting everyone on the same page is a lot more than a task. God forbid, your group has both, planning a trip can be even more nasty with availability, budgets and preference of destinations. There are various kinds of people you can will at some point travel with, from friends who have envious Instagram accounts to those who live paycheck to paycheck, from those who want to travel but never have dates and to those who tag along only as the designated drivers. Traveling with people you grew up with, went to school with or may be work with has various pros and cons to it. So, we’re here with seven tips as to how you can plan a perfect trip with your friends where everyone is just as involved as you’d like them to be!
1. Lock down tentative dates
Before deciding where you want to go, decide on a date when each one of you is free. This may mean taking a trip anywhere between two weekends from now to two months from now, so be open to suggestions. More importantly, the time of your visit has a lot to do with the destination you must visit. So don’t be rigid about certain dates, because somebody else’s dates might as well coincide with long weekends, reducing the number of leaves you’d need to take.
2. Decide the destination carefully
While it may be easy for you to get acclimatized to the cold mountains, not everyone can physically deal with it just as well as you do. So before getting worked up about trekking on some snow-capped mountain in the north, make sure all of your friends are okay with it, mentally and physically. After all, you don’t want to be looking after your sick friend when the weather is perfect and the vacation is only getting better.
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3. Take into consideration everybody’s preferences
From what you’ll will eat, to how you will travel and where you will stay. Keep all your friends on the same page. If some are looking for budget accommodation and the others are looking for luxurious resorts, there has to be a mid-way so that none of your friends feel like they are over compromising.
4. Meet in person and communicate
Not only does this make sure that everyone knows what the plan is, but all your friends will probably be meeting after a long time and it’s better to bond right from when the trip is being planned. In fact, communicating with each other makes it easier to just be honest without hurting each others’ feelings. This comes in handy, especially while managing expenses.
5. Share responsibilities
Speaking of expenses, don’t be the only person who plans everything. You will definitely leave room for things to be done better. There will be one or two friends who could’ve done it better and you need to let them do it! For instance, if planning itineraries is your thing, take it up! But let somebody else pick your accommodation and may be another friend could help you plan the travel. Team work in such cases reduces the chances of friends complaining about the arrangements made and everyone comes on board to adjust a little!
Article Source: http://travel.india.com/articles/how-to-plan-a-trip-with-friends-7-tips-to-make-traveling-with-friends-easier/
Planning with friends is usually the toughest kind of trip planning. Whether you’re right out of school/college or you’re a working professional, getting everyone on the same page is a lot more than a task. God forbid, your group has both, planning a trip can be even more nasty with availability, budgets and preference of destinations. There are various kinds of people you can will at some point travel with, from friends who have envious Instagram accounts to those who live paycheck to paycheck, from those who want to travel but never have dates and to those who tag along only as the designated drivers. Traveling with people you grew up with, went to school with or may be work with has various pros and cons to it. So, we’re here with seven tips as to how you can plan a perfect trip with your friends where everyone is just as involved as you’d like them to be!
1. Lock down tentative dates
Before deciding where you want to go, decide on a date when each one of you is free. This may mean taking a trip anywhere between two weekends from now to two months from now, so be open to suggestions. More importantly, the time of your visit has a lot to do with the destination you must visit. So don’t be rigid about certain dates, because somebody else’s dates might as well coincide with long weekends, reducing the number of leaves you’d need to take.
2. Decide the destination carefully
While it may be easy for you to get acclimatized to the cold mountains, not everyone can physically deal with it just as well as you do. So before getting worked up about trekking on some snow-capped mountain in the north, make sure all of your friends are okay with it, mentally and physically. After all, you don’t want to be looking after your sick friend when the weather is perfect and the vacation is only getting better.
ALSO READ 10 secrets to ultra cheap travel that no one ever tells you
3. Take into consideration everybody’s preferences
From what you’ll will eat, to how you will travel and where you will stay. Keep all your friends on the same page. If some are looking for budget accommodation and the others are looking for luxurious resorts, there has to be a mid-way so that none of your friends feel like they are over compromising.
4. Meet in person and communicate
Not only does this make sure that everyone knows what the plan is, but all your friends will probably be meeting after a long time and it’s better to bond right from when the trip is being planned. In fact, communicating with each other makes it easier to just be honest without hurting each others’ feelings. This comes in handy, especially while managing expenses.
5. Share responsibilities
Speaking of expenses, don’t be the only person who plans everything. You will definitely leave room for things to be done better. There will be one or two friends who could’ve done it better and you need to let them do it! For instance, if planning itineraries is your thing, take it up! But let somebody else pick your accommodation and may be another friend could help you plan the travel. Team work in such cases reduces the chances of friends complaining about the arrangements made and everyone comes on board to adjust a little!
Article Source: http://travel.india.com/articles/how-to-plan-a-trip-with-friends-7-tips-to-make-traveling-with-friends-easier/
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